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Definition of: proletariat
(prō′lə·târ′ē·ət) noun
1. Formerly, the indigent classes collectively of a community; the lower classes.
2. Wageworkers collectively, regarded as the creators of wealth; workingmen.
3. Bot. Self–pollinated plants having a small or limited reserve of food materials. [<F prolétariat. See PROLETARIAN.]
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